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Where does “πάρκινσον” come from?

πάρκινσον (Greek) comes from English Parkinson, from English Peter, from Middle English Peter, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak.

πάρκινσον (Greek): Parkinson's disease, Parkinson’s

Definitions

  1. Parkinson's disease, Parkinson’s

Ancestry of “πάρκινσον”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishParkinson—
2EnglishPeter—
3Middle EnglishPeter—
4LatinPetrusPeter
5Indonesianpenembak—
6Indonesiantembak—
7Malaytembakto shoot
8MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
9Proto-Malayictimbak—
10Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bak →